Community Posts, Tips & Support on Women's Health

I have the constant painful urge to pee when I don’t need to and the only thing helping is sitting on the toilet. It stingsss. I didn’t manage to fall asleep till 5am yesterday. Any tips on how to treat it at home? Can’t get to the doctor and it’s 9pm here anyways. Can’t even get to the shop for cranberry juice. But...

Hi everyone I’m 6 weeks PP - not had a period as yet but wanting to go back on the pill asap… should I wait till I have my first period since giving birth or is-it okay to start the pill… I’m unsure what to do… but want to be safe.

What do you use?

Hi mommas! I will be returning to work next week and I’m getting a bit of anxiety knowing that I will have to pump at work I really don’t want my supply to decrease. I work in retail stores and I don’t want to go to a public restroom to wash my pump parts after using them. I saw a video of a mommy using Dapples clea...

Anyone got any tips on how to get rid of vaginal thrush? Cream makes it 10x worse😢

Anyone else have itching? Like inside? Sorry I know this is tmi but I don’t know what to do 🫣 I’ve never had thrush before so I have no idea what I’m looking out for. It’s just itchy and quite dry and uncomfortable. I do have OC (Cholestasis) and have read that can cause itchy genitals 😢 but yeah can anyone…

How many days does it take for the pill to be effective if you start using it?

im 4 days pp and haven't been given much information about whether I need to keep my socks on or not, also taking the blood thinning injections, any suggestions on whether I do or not and how to make it more comfortable

so i have two kids one who’s turning 3 now on monday and i have a 6 month old. with my first i put the nexplonan on and i bled heavy for 4 months straight to the point i had to take it out i was left without a choice. i did it again now bc i don’t trust any other birth control but im still bleeding and i got my peri...

My bestie told me not to get bc till a year after having my son but I would like to get it by my 6 week appointment, but with her experience with it ( nexplone implant right after her son ) she said she had her period everyday for a year but I want to get the shot one or pill cuase I didn't like nexplone cuase I gai...

So I shower every day! Just don’t wash my hair, by the end of the end I absolutely stink of BO🤢 I use body was then rinse then go again with a bar of soap what bar of soap do you guys use? I use dove Sorry a little to much information

Hi ladies - I’m curious if anyone on here has any experience with taking Citalopram. I am a very anxious person and I was offered these meds by my doctor to mange it better. I’m reluctant to take it really. But thought I’d reach out to see if anyone else had experience with taking this or any other anti-depress...

I have had the depo and piled on the weight, the pill made me abit unstable😂 what’s the best controception that doesn’t gain weight or effect your mental health I have BPD so it’s really important nothing chemically is altering anything as i’m really sensitive to medications/hormones etc

I really feel a bit like I don't know where to turn so I am hoping there's a nurse or doctor on here who can somewhat advise... WARNING TMI For quite a while now I have the strongest smelling discharge ever, like very fishy and if I am a bit warm or been sitting down alot the smell is just awful. There's so much d...

I’m on to my third round of Clomid. As my period started today… :( I was just wondering what round worked?

I have my C-section booked for tomorrow, however I’ve spent the last few days with sickness and diarrhoea. Like water consistency and no warning. Spent all last night up triage because of it and they’ve given me anti sickness drugs. What happens if I poo myself after the op though?! Doctor didn’t seem concerned but ...

I heard so much about this Mucinex thing to help you get pregnant. I was wondering when you are supposed to take it? Which one do you take? The tablets or the syrup? Does it work? Please let me know. I want to try it. Thank you an advance. Baby dust to all.

I had a blood clot last year so been prescribed daily Fragmin injections until 6 weeks pp. Just did my first one and not looking forward to this every day for another 8 months!

so i’m a year in on my birth control and im on nexaplanon and im also having hardships w my BD and family and it’s been causing me to not feel like me. like i have been emotionally unstable and always self isolating its bad😭🫤so idk if i should get my nexaplanon taken out to see if thats the cause of mental health…

Just asking for advice and recommendations really! I took cerezette for 10 years prior to the birth of my 1st and got on well with it. After giving birth I went back on it and had the worst anxiety that I stopped taking it after 3 days. It was so bad that I had to pull the car over and get my husband to drive becau...